RIALTO – Court records show a tumultuous relationship between the strip club worker and a police officer at the center of a sex scandal that has stung the Police Department and put four officers on paid administrative leave.

Officer James Dobbs, and Nancy Holtgreve, a server at the Spearmint Rhino, each have filed restraining orders against one another, with Holtgreve filing an order denying Dobbs visitation rights for their infant son.

Holtgreve brought allegations to the department in May that she and Dobbs had met for sex while Dobbs was on shift.

That allegedly included three times last year at the Rialto Police Benefit Association’s union hall after Holtgreve had clocked off work and while Dobbs was on duty.

The allegations set off an internal investigation involving six officers, with Police Chief Mark Kling placing four of the officers on paid administrative leave.

Holtgreve, who has retained a lawyer and declined to comment for this report, has said previously that she went to the police because she was afraid of Dobbs, who she alleges abused and threatened her after she demanded he pay child support for their son.

Holtgreve alleges that Dobbs did not want their relationship to come to light, because it might affect a custody battle with his ex-wife and an alleged relationship with another employee in the police department.

In court documents, Holtgreve alleges that Dobbs went to her Chino apartment on one occasion in April to “discuss the situation” between her and their son.

Holtgreve alleges that when she told Dobbs he needed to “explain to his live-in fiancee” that he fathered a son with her, Dobbs began to scream and yell at her.

Holtgreve alleges in the documents that when she attempted to walk away from Dobbs, he “proceeded to grab both of my arms to get me to stay.”

She then alleges that the two struggled while she begged Dobbs to let her go, and “he became so enraged that he threw me up against my downstairs living room wall.”

Their newborn son was just a few feet away, Holtgreve alleges.

She alleges that she repeatedly asked Dobbs to leave, and that he told her that if she ever tried to contact his fiancee, “it would be the end of me.”

Dobbs alleges in court records dated May 12, that Holtgreve made a phone call to Kling about their “situation.”

“She called my work just to get me in trouble,” Dobbs wrote.

Dobbs alleged that Holtgreve was angry “that I want nothing to due (sic) with her,” and that he would be financially responsible for their son through San Bernardino County Child Support Services.

Other court documents show Dobbs alleging that Holtgreve met with his ex-wife, and that on April 22, when he took his young daughter to his ex-wife’s house, Holtgreve’s car was parked in the driveway, with Holtgreve speaking to his former in-laws and a family friend.

“She did all this just to make my life miserable,” Dobbs wrote. “She is purposely trying to hurt me and my fiancee any way she can.”

Dobbs also claims that Holtgreve stated “she doesn’t care about the money but she will be a thorn in my side for the next 18 years,” and that “Nancy is depressed and on anti-depressants and I’m in fear for myself and loved ones.”

Other court documents show Dobbs’ former in-laws claiming that they saw him driving his pickup truck erratically with his daughter in the back seat when he went to drop her off at their Chino residence on April 27.

Albert John Bond alleges that Holtgreve was visiting his home when they, along with his wife and a friend, saw Dobbs “speed by.”

According to Bond, Dobbs drove up the street and made a U-turn then a “hard left” with his daughter standing up behind the driver’s seat with the window down, and “with a scared look on her face.”

Bond wrote that he yelled at Dobbs to stop as he heard Dobbs screeching his tires with a “crazed look on his face.”

Bond alleges in court documents that Dobbs was then seen sitting up the street, “crying near his truck.”

Holtgreve alleges in a written statement to the court that Dobbs called her cell phone and repeatedly told her that she needed to leave the house.

“I told him that I was not leaving due to the fact that I was fearful for my son and my own life with regards to his mental status,” Holtgreve wrote.

Bonds’ wife and the family friend, Anita Downs, also signed statements of what they saw on April 27.

Holtgreve has said she met Dobbs in 2007.

She and co-workers after shifts frequently met Dobbs and other officers at a nearby 24-hour restaurant.

Police have confirmed that their internal investigation has led them to speak with employees from the Spearmint Rhino.

But they will not confirm the name of the officers on paid leave, or how many people they have talked to during the investigation.

Officials with the strip club have declined to comment on the investigation.

Kling said last week that he would not allow the situation to distract his department from its goal of becoming a premiere police force in the Inland Empire.

“We’re going to stay the course,” Kling said.

City leaders have expressed their disappointment over the situation, while at the same time giving a vote of confidence to Kling and his ability to handle the matter.

“It’s unfortunate, but the chief will address it and move this city forward,” Councilman Joe Baca Jr. said.

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